London , Dec 29 (ANI):
Fashion designer Stella McCartney has been honoured as the Person of the Year by animal rights charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA.
The daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney refuses to use fur or leather in her collections.
“Stella McCartney proves you can have a look that kills without killing,” the Daily Snack quoted Peta’s US senior vice-president Dan Mathews, as saying.
The 36-year-old designer acquired her animal loving instincts from her late mum, Linda.
Stellas hardcore campaigns include challenging British Airways to remove leather seats from their first-class cabins, and launching an anti-fur campaign in online world Second Life in 2007.
“I consider sitting on a poor cow’s skin a throwback to earlier, harder times - not a luxury, she said. (ANI)
London , Dec 29 (ANI): Fashion designer Stella McCartney has been honoured as the Person of the Year by animal rights charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA.
The daughter of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney refuses to use fur or leather in her collections.
"Stella McCartney proves you can have a look that kills without killing," the Daily Snack quoted Peta's US senior vice-president Dan Mathews, as saying.
The 36-year-old designer acquired her ...';
harleyblues take:
wooohooo good for you Stella, for Designer of the Year, now Peta's person of the year? You have had quite a 2007 almost time for your new baby to arrive also!
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Judy Collins relases Lennon/McCartney album
Judy Collins releases Lennon/McCartney album
"Breaking away from her roots, Judy has just realised a long-held ambition and released an album of songs by Lennon and McCartney that she dedicates to Paul – and Linda, who died in April, 1998, after battling breast cancer".
But she had heard that Sir Paul is to headline a show at Liverpool’s Capital of Culture jamboree next year and declares that she would be so pleased if she got the chance to sing her favourite Beatles songs in the city that spawned them.
“I was there on a fleeting visit years ago and thought it so lovely,” says Judy. “But how good would it be for me to do a concert in Liverpool during that special year?
JUDY COLLINS Sings Lennon & McCartney is out now, on Wildflower Records, New York
Liverpool Echo
"Breaking away from her roots, Judy has just realised a long-held ambition and released an album of songs by Lennon and McCartney that she dedicates to Paul – and Linda, who died in April, 1998, after battling breast cancer".
But she had heard that Sir Paul is to headline a show at Liverpool’s Capital of Culture jamboree next year and declares that she would be so pleased if she got the chance to sing her favourite Beatles songs in the city that spawned them.
“I was there on a fleeting visit years ago and thought it so lovely,” says Judy. “But how good would it be for me to do a concert in Liverpool during that special year?
JUDY COLLINS Sings Lennon & McCartney is out now, on Wildflower Records, New York
Liverpool Echo
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